Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| go / I / to the hairdresser's / once a month / usually |
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| They / can / never / listen |
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| often / you / feel tired? / Do |
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| come / My parents / very often / to help me |
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| oranges / eat / I / hardly ever |
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| They / need / usually / some help with the homework |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| Yesterday, / me / phoned / she / twice |
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| eats / Mike / often / pizza / for dinner |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| She / rarely / when you talk to her / listens |
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| breaks down / several times a year / My car |
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| to the gym / I / three times a week / go |
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| dress / always / in green? / I / Can |
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| She / is / asking me questions / always |
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| have to go / shopping / day in, day out / I |
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| usually / very tired / Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / am |
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| you / to the gym / go / ? / every day / Do |
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| John / is / often / late |
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| get up / at 8 a.m. / I / always |
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| dresses / She / in blue / very often |
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| You / never / can / your car keys / find |
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| ? / Does / win / always / Kevin |
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| if you need it / will / Tom / help you / rarely |
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| have lunch / at home? / usually / you / Do |
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| almost never / go on holiday / My parents |
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| soup / have / We / every other day |
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| you / go / often / to the disco? / How / do |
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| some petrol / need / I travel a lot. I / every other day. |
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| know / I / what to say / never |
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| go / once a year / I / to the dentist / usually |
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| it / five times / I / saw |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
